Jul 28, 2014 6:34 PM

Here are some of my finds from the Isle of Wight. Any identifications would be appriciated.

1/2- a rock which I think contains fossil raindrops and a dinosaur footprint. Am I correct? (Yaverland)

3- Dinosaur bone fragment? (Shanklin)

4- Dinosaur Bone fragment (Shanklin)

5- dinosaur bone or wood? (Shanklin)

I also found a partial fish skeleton from Yaverland. I have found a few vertebrae, other bones and teeth so far but I am still getting some out of the clay matrix. They are too small to take a picture of them unfortunately.

Can't see a lot in your second post other than the matrix containing your fish, as you extract the bones from the matrix try to keep them in order of removal from the sedimentry rock then they will fit back together.

Nice partial fish vert in your third post, something I have not found on the I,W.

Hi tabfish. I am 99% sure I found a piece of dino bone at Yaverland, but I haven't posted it yet as I originally thought it was just a rock. I think it could be part of a vertebrae as the bone marrow is identical to one which I bought in the IOW. I'll post a picture of it later.

I didn't see any ammonites at Shanklin but I did find a piece of coral from the lower Greensand. I'll post a picture of it later.

Thanks for the reply. The piece of fossil wood you found is an excellent find. Maybe the lines/holes could be from a maggot- type creature- a bit like what them mammals catch by tapping their long finger on the bark of wood to make the maggots/grubs think it's raining?

Do I have to preserve any of my finds using glue or something like that or will they be alright as they are?

I have attached a picture of a fossil which I am having trouble identifying. Is it wood or dino bone? There is no honeycomb structure but I'm guessing that could have worn away if it's bone?